11/25-26 (CD): Falls City H. (G2); Clark H. (G1)

[JJP]

I'm not sure how you are coming to that conclusion. He set a very fast pace (adjusted) in the Hawthorne Gold Cup and still had enough left to outfinish Giant Oak. Now what was he? 1-2 lengths ahead of Giant Oak on the backstretch? What was the half in the Clark, 48 and change? 49?

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by JJP

I'm not sure how you are coming to that conclusion. He set a very fast pace (adjusted) in the Hawthorne Gold Cup and still had enough left to outfinish Giant Oak. Now what was he? 1-2 lengths ahead of Giant Oak on the backstretch? What was the half in the Clark, 48 and change? 49?

While I agree that he should have been closer, the race collapsed and there's no guarantee he would've stayed on.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

While I agree that he should have been closer, the race collapsed and there's no guarantee he would've stayed on.

Yeah - the race "collapsed" because the two horses up front suck - and Giant Oak and Succesful Dan are simply much better than any horse in that race who didn't finish in the top 3.

The pace was a friggen joke. 48.92 for a half mile and Successful Dan almost ripped Leperoux out of the saddle. It was a crawl. Cheap claimers went much faster at the same distance.

That's not a collapse. That's the two best horses in the race outrunning a pack of inferior horses.